What did you guys think of Glass Onion?

@mileslugo6430

Жыл бұрын

Bron rolled a Nat 20 slight of hand

@johnghost6047

Жыл бұрын

Make sure and read my comment when you have the time keep up the good work

@MrJC1

Жыл бұрын

Cringe from the moment it started tbh.

@marcdraco2189

Жыл бұрын

AWFUL! The only thing we can take this is making fun of Musk - but better yet, it shows just how bogus Musk is. But seriously: the TWIN trope? A character that drinks whiskey with so much pineapple he couldn't taste the whiskey to (I mean come on) a powerful 9mm bullet that can't get through a book... I mean didn't anyone tell Rian how much hydrogen weighs. Good lord. What utter bunk. Knives Out was better but honestly, I didn't think it was anywhere as clever as the Agatha Christie plots it tries to emulate.

@jesstube6466

Жыл бұрын

it was shit

I still prefer Knives Out over Glass Onion, but Glass Onion is a movie upon itself. I personally felt the climax of explosions and burning the ML was a bit out of place, though the final act is designed to be Miles' disruption theory acted out by Helen, so I can accept it as a fitting closure. I had no problem with the burning of the napkin. I thought it was a great subversion from the trope of "I have the evidence, and there's nothing you can do now." I've seen so many movies where evidence is dangled in front of the enemy and all he needs to do is reach out and destroy it, but he doesn't. I also loved that the idea had never occurred to him until Lionel mentions it, and then he acts on it. Giving Lionel credit with the smile and finger point. As Edward Norton said on a panel: "Miles Bron never had an original thought in his life." He dresses up as Frank Mackey from Magnolia in the bar. Steals the idea from Cassandra Brand. Dresses as Steve Jobs. Lets Lionel bring his stupid ideas to life. Has someone build his puzzles. Has Gillian Flynn write his murder mystery. Kills Duke Cody with pineapple juice (Please forward your dietary requirements). Steals the "loaded gun on the table and turning off the lights" from Benoit Blanc, and destroys the evidence after Lionel Toussaint says that's what he should've done in the first place. Miles Bron is an idiot!

@jasminew9324

Жыл бұрын

There’s also a theory that Miles gets all his fax ideas from Derol so another thing that he didn’t even come up with originally 😅

The lighter is from the scene where the Mona Lisa's protection system is explained, and by the faint and pale blueish color of the flame you can tell it is using hydrogen as fuel, a nod to Klear being crystalized hydrogen. I didn't find the blocking jarring on my watch through personally, it seems like a plausible series of events made more so by careful editing. The climax was something I was concerned about from the beginning, as the moment I saw that there was an override switch for the Mona Lisa I was concerned for her safety.

I agree with the explosion scene and it feeling out of place and not satisfying. But someone then showed me the connection to that scene and the speech Miles has in the middle of the film. He talks about breaking things and people getting excited. He also says, but are you brave enough to break the thing (mona Lisa) that no one wants to break. I think that really ties in the ending for me.

@lawrencemakoare-z7p

Жыл бұрын

I agree with this! I interpreted Miles being the 'system' that the other characters were sick of and wanted to 'disrupt'

@house30house

Жыл бұрын

a extremely volatile and dangerous sustance and the idea is yeah lets make explode everything in a big fire, because we are not gonna die in the process we are inmortals, seriously? wtf was that??????? Blanc plan was, take tthis and make a big fire where everyone could very likely die???????? is just stupid and make no sense when is well stablished how dangerous is that hidrogen thing

@halfmanhalfcool

Жыл бұрын

Hah. I'm on the same boat.

I definitely agree that holding the only evidence you have directly in Miles face was a facepalm moment that came out of nowhere. It definitely pulled me out of it a bit

SPOILERS. Good analysis! I do disagree with the reasons you thought the ending was poor. Miles did not randomly have a lighter. Johnson established that Miles had a lighter earlier, when Miles was showing off the painting and how sensitive the security system was, by taking out a lighter to demonstrate the glass closing the first time. And sure, by cutting to close on the napkin and then suddenly it’s in flames Johnson does push the suspension of disbelief. Sure. Logically… yeah, Andi could have likely pulled the napkin away before that moment. But ultimately, doesn’t really bother me. For a few reasons. First, it’s Miles’ island. Even if he didn’t burn it, once Blanc revealed the whole plot, guaranteed Andi would have faced other challenges physically trying to get that napkin into the hands of the authorities. Two, the close up of bursting into flames matches the later shot when the painting burns, so the symmetry of that does bring some satisfaction. And three, it’s how Miles does it that makes me feel that sequence belongs precisely in this movie. Two beats before the napkin burns, when it’s revealed, Lionel clearly says to Miles, you didn’t burn it? As in, come on dude… anyone with half a brain would have destroyed this highly incriminating piece of flimsy paper. And in the middle of a fast paced scene that is already happening, right then, you watch Miles react to what Lionel just said. Edward Norton says it in interviews as “Miles Bron has never had an original thought of his own.” That’s why we have seen him try to dress exactly like Steve Jobs or Frank TJ Mackey, that’s why he stole Alpha from Andi, outsourced the puzzle boxes and the mystery game, as well as stealing the plot of his third attempted murder directly from Blanc. And that’s also why, right then, he decides to burn the napkin, because until Lionel suggested it, the idea had never once occurred to him. So yeah, the spatial logistics of the napkin burning didn’t really bother me at all in the long run. The movie was just too much fun! The tone, the characters, the plot twists, the humorous moments, the social commentary, the amazing costumes, and above all the style! One of my favorite movies in a while. Definitely the best film of 2023 😂

@1kaz1

Жыл бұрын

It's because they could've done it any other way that seeing him casually light the napkin on fire stresses me out, Helen is smart and a teacher, my mom and all her close friends are teachers and based on that alone I'd think she would react way better to the dude audibly taking out a lighter after Lionel mentioned burning the napkin and all, it felt really unnecessary to make it so unbelievable and it takes me out of the movie every time

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Well said! These are great observations that make me appreciate the film even more! Glad you really love the movie that’s awesome!

@heyitsjustmejj

Жыл бұрын

@@1kaz1 Well yeah… but it’s kinda been a long week for her 😅

@1kaz1

Жыл бұрын

@@heyitsjustmejj fair enough tbh

@replti3742

Жыл бұрын

This comment absolutely shattered this entire video to pieces

I can’t imagine thinking the climax was “out of place”. It’s literally the only way this conflict could have ended thematically. It’s Helen being the true disruptor- doing *exactly* what Miles describes as disruption, and echoing the opening sequence by breaking Miles’ game rather than playing by his rules. How on earth is it inappropriate in the context of the film?

@hoopz5095

Жыл бұрын

The disruptor motif could've been changed and all that, you know, nothing is written on stone

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Not out of place in terms of story, in terms of execution. The bombastic cgi chaos and convenient aspects are a bit jarring compared to the wonderful first two acts.

@diegoleonardia5358

Жыл бұрын

@@REKRAP17 I feel like thats what Rian Johnson was going for anyways. You can obviously disagree but I think the bombastic cgi, special fx, and chaos shows how much Helen disrupts the status quo. That she also starts shaking up the overall vibe of the movie up till that point.

@ThePonderer

Жыл бұрын

@@REKRAP17 I…guess? It’s just a bunch of cgi fire. I don’t really think it’s that out of step with anything else.

@ThePonderer

Жыл бұрын

@@hoopz5095 what would it benefit the movie to change its *major central theme?*

If Benoit wasn’t legit invited to the game, why was a biometric wristband readily available for him?

Other people have pointed out that the lighter was established earlier in the movie, also during the scene Helen was walking towards Miles. And, someone pointed out in another video, when the napkin is revealed and Lionel says "You didn't burn it?" A second later you can hear the click of the lighter as Miles pulls it out because, again as stated in a different video, Miles has never had an original thought in his life.

@gregallan4291

Жыл бұрын

Sure, but it being established earlier like a Chekhov's Gun doesn't stop it from being a lazy cop out.

@diccchocolate416

Жыл бұрын

@@gregallan4291 no? In fact the exact opposite is the case.

@house30house

Жыл бұрын

yeah but that "you didnt burn it" is what every viewer is thinking, like seriously he kept it? why????????????? that is aplot hole

@diccchocolate416

Жыл бұрын

@@house30house no it's not

@house30house

Жыл бұрын

@@diccchocolate416 why not? why he did not destroy it inmediatly, please elaborate

When this happened, I actually assumed that Helen had already used Miles's fax machine to send the image of the napkin to all his businesses and relevant contacts.

@lobalee1873

Жыл бұрын

But that would have been smart

@LillyTheLonelySock

Жыл бұрын

@@lobalee1873 Gee, thanks! I actially thought at that moment that _that_ was the point of the fax machines, and that it was being set up all along. Perhaps Johnson was going to do that but changed it at the last minute? I don't know.

@chrishaven1489

Жыл бұрын

@@lobalee1873 No it wouldn't. That can be faked

Somehow what bothered me most was that Helen happily set the hydrogen on fire, causing an explosion that even though everyone had pointed out how dangerous it is doesn't even hurt anyone and she wasn't even worried about it killing people. I though she would kill everyone living on and around the island.

@quantumstormgames2741

Жыл бұрын

At the start of the movie Miles tells them that there’s no one else on the island. The only 2 people who weren’t in that room were Blanc and that one random guy. It was Blanc’s idea to blow up the mansion with Klear so he obviously would be staying away from the buildings. Although, she had no way to know that other random guy would be safe so your point stands

@lobalee1873

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Helen endangered everyone that was inside the building and she's lucky she didn't get everyone killed or seriously hurt.

@JB-fp3fb

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I'd never really thought about this point; I just took for granted that movie explosions never kill main characters. If the explosion HAD killed everyone but Blanc and that random guy, I think it could've taken the whole movie from a 7/10 to a 8.5/10. The scene leading up to the explosion was still way too drawn-out for how blunt it was (or too on-the-nose for how long it was, depending on your perspective, maybe both).

@littlered6340

Жыл бұрын

I also expected everyone to die! Like she was taking everyone out. I mostly felt bad for uh the one guy who's just staying there. But then everyone lived. I was disappointed. I don't watch enough movies to know that leads don't usually die in explosions so I guess I was just supposed to know that.

@house30house

Жыл бұрын

and it was idea from Blanc, like wtf??? what he was thinking about??? make no sense

I enjoyed both films. For me KO felt more grounded while GO felt more fun. As for Miles teleporting, I just assumed he moved closer to see the bottom of the napkin. The weird thing about the flame I figured was a result of M’s powering his house w Klear. The lighter everyone’s explained lol. Considering the night Helen’s had I forgive her for waving the napkin and such. Head cannon can sure make good movies better~

@CB-vt3mx

Жыл бұрын

They both sucked. Bad. Worse than a spiderman movie with none of excitement.

Plus Miles could never have an original idea of his own. It was Lionel who said "You kept the evidence? You didn't burn it?" Poof, unoriginal Miles had his solution. Miles had his lighter from proving how the security for the Mona Lisa worked. And yes, it seemed like the flame just appeared there like a magic trick because it didn't seem plausible that Miles had the reach to harm it from where he was. I did like the Easter Egg of mentioning Gillian Flynn. Her Gone Girl was written very similar to having 2 parts. The first part was misdirection (or the lies the wife set up) and the 2nd part shows the real truth. Glass Onion distinctly felt like it had 2 parts.

This is the first video that manages to put into words what bothered me about the movie. Knives Out requires you to be paying attention. And its a pleasure even on rewatches because there is so much to digest. On the contrary Glass Onion requires you to turn off your brain to accept the ending. The excuse of "Plot twist: Miles is actually an idiot" is no excuse for all the lazy writing. Also it is not much of a twist. That man screams idiot (and guilty) since the first time he is on screen. Not only him but also all the other "disruptors". The actual twist would have been someone being smart. Even Helen, Andi and Benoit Blanc end up being disappointing in this movie. (With one of the many examples being the napkin issue you point out). To the argument saying that it was supposed to be obvious (or transparent) I would have to reply that if the twist was not the point and it was supposed to be obvious, at the very least the rest of the movie should have made up for this lack of satisfaction. Instead it builds up and builds up to a great reveal that is just not that great. The individual characters are cartoonish and unbearable (I get its satire but it god at least make it entertaining), and their friendship links to each other are too unlikely. Even with Andi as an influence, this group of people makes no sense together at all. In Knives Out they were all evil and selfish, but a lot more humanised, you could believe they could be real people even with their theatrics. And them being together made sense since they were a big family. I am not saying making this group work for the sake of the story would be impossible. But the movie does not sell it well. If Miles was supposed to strike us as anything but a fraud from the beginning, it does not succeed. Nothing really defies expectations apart from Helen pretending to be Andi. But we also don't get enough of them to make me care. I like the whole idea of the movie on paper, and the ending matching Miles speech is pretty brilliant. As well as the concept of the Glass Onion, the dialogue is pretty great, etc...but the entire execution + the characterisation of the characters makes for a pretty disappointing sequel to me.

@rodrigolerner698

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!! The characters are just so forgettable and empty, and I feel their backgrounds almost don't matter at all to the plot and how they act. In the first movie, the characters are so unique, and you understand why they act the way they act

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Woah! This comment is better than my whole video😅 Well said though! I agree

@valentinasalazartena9809

Жыл бұрын

@@rodrigolerner698 Yes! I found the characters to be really underdeveloped. That is another reason why it becomes more obvious that Miles should be the one we are looking at all the time. No one else gets a proper storyline so it would come out of nowhere for them to be the killer.

@valentinasalazartena9809

Жыл бұрын

@@REKRAP17 Your video was great! The technical issues in the napkin scene had completely slipped my mind. 😆

@davidshillaker7578

2 ай бұрын

I was the same way. Knives Out had me thinking so I turned on Glass Onion with my brain ready to think my way through another film. I was very disappointed when I was figuring out everything correctly in 5 seconds. I don't think there was a single twist in Glass Onion that surprised me

The napkin moment feels like a wierd thing to get hung up on in terms of the moment that breaks suspension of disbelief, and iirc from my rewatch was when set up halfway decently with a few clues in the lead up. On my first watch i definitely felt the climax was overdrawn out. We all know the Mona Lisa is toast, just get on with it. But I saw a video essay earlier paralleling Helen's actions with Miles' poolside talk on 'disruption' that made me think 5x better of it.

@daniellaniganohara2456

Жыл бұрын

The buildup of the ending is also important since its clearly exposing the personalities of the others (maybe thats what you mean). Theyre all willing to be "disrupted" when breaking useless things for the sake of catharsis, but never willing to truly change anything.

@kimpritchard4322

Жыл бұрын

His little disruptors did just what he taught them to do. And then they turned on him. Miles and Helen switched positions. Now he calls the disruptors shitheads.

i love how theres an entire half a minute section at the end of the video with miles with a mustache

they literally constantly telegraph how Miles' stupid idea of a hydrogen based fuel means a build up of highly flammable and explosive gas in the ducts of any home that will make it like the Hindenburg, like Claire says in the end just before the explosion and I believe like she says in the beginning when Klear is first introduced. it's the thing that Lionel is talking about on his video call with the Alpha, it's what Claire and him both sign off on legislatively and scientifically/manufacturing that they say will blow up in their faces if Miles is wrong about it, and it's supposed to be the thing that skyrockets Miles to true genius-hood if it wasn't so dumb. it's shown that Miles is carrying a lighter with him during the initial tour of the glass onion, he plays with it, lights it, and we hear the noise it makes. this noise is heard in the background a few seconds before the burning. it is literally a plot point that the characters do not pay attention to what Miles is carrying in his pockets, with him being able to steal Duke's phone and no one knowing until Blanc steals it back out of his pocket. the blocking between Helen and Miles when he burns the napkin is at most two arms lengths away, and that's shown by Miles taking a short step forward towards Helen to then sticking out his arm to close the gap. the house blowing up is the ultimate Chekov's gun for this movie, seeing as it was mentioned the whole time that Klear was a terrible and dangerous and explosive idea but Miles believes in it and Lionel and Claire are stuck to his golden teet so they jump in the deep end with him. We literally get introduced to Klear and its explosive possibilities right as they see the onion the first time, reminded of its existence and danger and what the other characters have to do with it by Claire and Lionel, and then it ends up being exploded by Helen, the one person who did not care about preserving the system of the "disrupters" keeping them rich and powerful. Disruption theory is outlined okay by Miles but the whole point of him and his backup "disrupters" is they say they're taking down the system itself but they work entirely within it to keep themselves wealthy and powerful, and it takes true revolutionary action to break the system, and theirs was relying on Miles to give them all the money and influence they could ever need and be entirely loyal to him for it. they do not break the system, Helen does, and burning the Mona Lisa because Miles was arrogant enough to install an override switch on the millions of dollars worth security system is yet another set up and payoff as we are shown the security system reacts to a flame as small as a lighter. there were no mistakes and it all works thematically. It's not a great take to fail to notice how everything is based around Chekov's gun, and how all of the ultimate payoffs are thematically important.

@natnuss98

Жыл бұрын

You're right about what you said, but what you forget is: Helen is scared. She is explicitly worried about being in danger, saying so when she first approaches Blanc. She is a teacher and has a life of her own. A life she want to go back to after 'disrupting' the 'system'. Considering that she is the one that heard them say that Klear can explode anything 'like the Hindenburg' means that we expect a deadly explosion, that destroys everything and blows everyone up. .... So if Helen, a woman who's only motive is to avenge her sister, were to destroy these people that destroyed her sister... Why would she ever be present in the room where the Klear Explodes, unless she wishes death upon herself? It makes no sense whatsoever. It's very short sighted, both from her and Blanc and that's why the reveal of the Klear explosion, as an obvious Chekhov's gun, was severely underwhelming for me.

@XoXoGabbiXoX

Жыл бұрын

@@natnuss98 he is shown to be getting bolder, drinking alcohol which she doesn't usually do, being more aggressive with her investigating, and being more honest with Whiskey and Blanc about her true feelings. The fact that she goes to the island at all is proof she understood injury or even death were entirely possible for her, just as Blanc warns her of and almost doesn't help her because of. She never says she wants to get back to her life at all. That's not said in the movie anywhere. She does specifically say she wants to make the shitheads pay for what they did to her sister, and she says it a bunch to really emphasize how angry she is at them. None of her disruption is fully conscious or purposeful on her part-it's exactly as you say based on vengeance. Based on emotion. It's crazy to burn the most famous painting in the world, but it's crazy that everyone else is ready to stop her from doing that but they stood idly by or even encouraged Miles to go through with his idiotic ideas, and were real quiet when they figured out he killed Andi to keep their shared conspiracy together. Blanc puts Andi's whiskey soda and the Klear nugget in her hand and says "I can only offer you some extra courage and a reminder of the reason your sister walked away" and you think it doesn't make sense why she'd be in such a state of rage and pain that she'd make some emotional decisions like literally breaking dozens of fine art pieces and exploding everything in sight and then saying fuck it might as well bury him and burn his stupid painting. She doesn't care about the art or the house or the money or anything (really neither do Miles and the rest of the shitheads, they just like the status they can claim when saying "the mona lisa is hanging in my house/my friend's house)-she just sees people who hurt her twin sister and who are showing zero remorse for it out of pure selfishness. I'd blow them up too if I could, metaphorically or otherwise

@bobpope3656

Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why the hydrogen is in the house. Right now we use oil and coal to power houses, we don’t literally have oil and coal going through our house though. Yes some appliances use natural gas like water heaters but again that could all be done a few feet from the house. There is no reason for hydrogen to actually be inside the house.

@kahkah1986

Жыл бұрын

@bob pope I think that is the design problem they have, they can't stop it from escaping

@bobpope3656

Жыл бұрын

@@kahkah1986 I am saying it doesn’t need to even be in the house to begin with

I had a similar moment with the journal stopping the bullet. Not because of that specifically, but when they show the twist of her suddenly sitting up and then craig splashing her with hot sauce, I kept thinking how the person who shot her was still behind the mirror and would have seen everything.

@-Scrapper-

Жыл бұрын

you know assassins don't stand there and wait to get caught when there isn't a crowd right?

I’ve watched it like 3 or 4 times now and I just noticed that the floor of the glass onion quite literally has a layer design into it. that’s great detail right there

i don't know there is a parallel between Helen and Andy not taking Miles serious enough at a crucial time. Which ties rather perfectly into the theme of taking idiots not serious enough. But also she drank quite a lot hard Kombucha throughout the day, Jared Leto's hard kombucha.

I don't think her letting him burn the napkin was an accident. In fact, it's heavily implied that it wasn't. Helen's goal here was not to prove her sisters right to the company. The goal here was justice for Andi. What better justice than to prove his miracle energy source was incredibly dangerous (something Andi herself was trying to do) to the world while getting revenge on destroying everything he cares about? I think it's the perfect ending and makes complete sense. Proving andi had anything to do with anything doesn't help anyone now. She's dead.

@valentinasalazartena9809

Жыл бұрын

Then why the shocked face when he burned it. Honestly I felt it was stupid that the napkin was in the envelope at all! Sure Milles is an idiot but both Andi and Helen are supposed to be smarter than him. Why would she even send that email proving to have the napkin and make it so easy for him to take it from her? She should have just taken him to court. Same thing with Helen, why on earth would she brag about having the napkin?. If the plan was to just tease him with the evidence and then burn everything in the first place, it was not translated well. It definitely looks like she's improvising in the end which makes all characters look stupid and it makes the ending a lot less satisfying. Its actually an easy fix. Have Helen almost find it and Milles stop her and burn it in front of everyone. It would maintain the joke of how Milles has no original thoughts and got the idea of burning the evidence from Lionel, but it would make Benoit and Helen look a lot less careless with the evidence. After all she was risking her own life to get her revenge. She didn't even want to go to the island because it felt too dangerous. We have every reason to believe the plan was to get the napkin and get out of there. It would have ruined all of the others "disruptors" careers as well, finding them guilty of lying in court. I understand we needed a more explosive ending and I do like the ending as a whole. But the way in which the evidence is lost was so silly it brought all the weaknesses of the movie to my attention.

@balabanasireti

Жыл бұрын

@@valentinasalazartena9809 Nah

@valentinasalazartena9809

Жыл бұрын

@@balabanasireti lol

@ColKizumi

Жыл бұрын

@@valentinasalazartena9809 you are assuming that I was saying it was Helen that plotted it. It wasn't. It was Benoit. Literally, all of the hints are in place. Benoit openly stated that Miles has never had an original idea in his whole life. It wasn't even Miles' idea to burn the napkin. Benoit puts that idea into his head by saying he should have burnt it or something while openly mocking him. And who is instantly ready with a Klear crystal after the fact? Benoit. As for why Helen acts as she does? She is a character thar doesn't normally drink who has been drinking all night. She's drunk. Benoit even tells her she should slow down and we see her stumbling around in the garden. This is all established in story. Her actions make complete sense given her circumstances. She is full of liquid courage and rage. I appreciate that it came back up as a plot point.

@valentinasalazartena9809

Жыл бұрын

@@ColKizumi Oh, I did not assume that. Sorry if that was the impression. I just meant overall Helens and Benoits behaviour isn't the brightest either. The getting drunk bit might have been funny but takes the stakes out of everything. Half the movie you're wondering why her behaviour is mysterious, turns out she had Kombucha. Like sure maybe it works for some people, I found it a bit simple. But regarding the idea that all was Benoits idea, I would love it if that was the case but the one to give Miles the idea was Lionel. Out of Blanc´s control, so that leads me to believe that was not considered. He was indeed ready with the crystal but I interpreted it more as a plan B.

The editing in the napkin-burning moment is really awkward and feels like a patchwork of reshoots rather than a smoothly flowing beat. Even the way she posts to "glass onion" embossed on the napkin looks super weird. But notice that he takes the lighter out early, right after Helen says "Andi's handwriting." He'd been processing the question, "You didn't burn it?" and takes a few seconds to decide to grab the lighter (further illustrating he doesn't have ANY ideas on his own). So she was focused on his face when he put the lighter in his hand. I think that explains at least that aspect.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Well said! It’s more of the fact that she just didn’t get out of there!

The dumbest scene was probably where all the associates of Miles turned against him even though they will face jail time for falsely testifying. I think the movie tried to shove it under the bed and acted like the only thing those people will lose is financial support if they turn on Miles.

It's a pretty confusing space but from the location (close to the glassware) and the eye lines (especially Norton's, looking from Helens eyes to the note) they seem to be a couple of metres apart and the lighter was with him all along, but the holding up of the note was a bit too dopey for Helen and too smooth for Miles. They definitely could have done a little better there... I feel like Miles was more of a clumsy lunge, lucky grasp, THEN fumbling to burn it kind of guy

@axelfoley133

Жыл бұрын

But Miles has demonstrated that he's good at sleight of hand, swiping Duke's gun and phone, as well as swapping his drink in very improvised moments in front of crowds watching him. I know Birdie ain't the brightest in the group, but she was pretty close to Duke when Miles took the gun, and Duke - very attached to keeping a gun pointed at his crotch at all times - didn't even notice (although, he was also drinking at the time). He also stashes the gun in plainsight (you can see the gun when he plants it at the bar) but no one notices. So if there's one thing that Miles could have competently pulled off, it would be a sleight of hand where he could get the lighter close enough to the napkin without Helen noticing. And yes, Helen's pride to shove it in Miles' face that she caught him meant she left herself vulnerable to Miles countering her.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the sequel. I loved the first one and I feel this one was still a strong contender. My husband kept hoping the Mona Lisa actually had a camera on or around it that would catch the napkin being burnt.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Ouu that would be an interesting twist

Great work! You remind me of someone I know 😅 love your videos

To me the fact that Norton had a lighter or was close to the napkin was not surprising, what was stupid was that she showed it to him. She should have just kept the napkin hidden and then leave the island and publicly show it to everyone and burn everyone. The ending was poor because she had everything and all she had to do was just leave the island and hide the napkin and not mention the napkin at all.

You’re probably the only page who has said this. I’ve seen at least a dozen reviews and analysis and Easter egg videos of Glass Onion. Not one of them has said that the final act was weak, which it was. The movie was a total blast just the final act gave a sour taste.

It also doesn't make sense that Andi mailed the napkin to all the people she was betrayed by instead of going straight to her lawyers.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah quite a few flaws when you really start to dissect the flick for sure

The climax to this movie was awful. They had a tape recorder. The whole time I was like "Oh well he just admitted to all of his crimes in a cliche villain monologue and they recorded it right?" Nope. Instead Helen blows the whole building up and just crosses her fingers that they all won't die in the process. And Benoit just sits outside smiling completely unconcerned with the possibility that they're all dead.

Personally, I loved the climax. The Chekhov's Mona Lisa finally going off was both hilarious _and_ deeply satisfying, just for the schadenfreude alone. First Miles' hubris causes the destruction of *_the single most valuable object in the world,_* but then reality sinks in for his wretched sycophants that their lives are thoroughly fμ¢ked, all because they eagerly slayed their golden goose to follow the fool who stole her eggs. ...I'll give you that the napkin thing was a pretty dumb move on Helen's part, but if you have ever read Agatha Christie, then you'd understand stuff like that is pretty on-brand. Also, I don't think the explosion was out of place at all, as it was foreshadowed from the very beginning even before Chekhov's Mona Lisa. I'm a scientist, and so it was obvious to me what was going to happen the moment Miles mentioned "condensed hydrogen". I appreciate the little nod Rian Johnson gave to those who understand chemistry without being hand-holdy, although he ended up doing just that with Claire's whisper of "Hindenburg" right before the Big 'Splody. Am I the only one annoyed by that? They already explained *exactly* what the hydrogen thing meant during the pool scene, with Claire explicitly alluding to the Hindenburg disaster. Having her pointlessly call back to it at the worst possible moment (effectively ruining the tension of the scene), made me think that line was added in after test screenings because of the lowest common denominator of humanity not bothering to pay attention.

Genuinely my only complaint. It doesn't ruin the movie for me, but all I could think watching for the first time was "just get out of there!"

here from the other Knives Out video. Good stuff! Keep up the hard work. people are appreciating it.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

This means so much! Thank you!

Norton destroying the napkin in the blink of an eye isn't a plot hole, or error on Monet's part, he clearly just used Flash Step.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Lol facts

I agree that napkin burning was so stupid. Took me out of it too right up until the moment the Mona Lisa burned, when you realize what they were setting up for.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean, I think we all knew the mona lisa wasn’t making it through the film (which is fine) but, the execution was bizarre towards the end imo!

Yes... you can tell when Miles reaches for the lighter... you can hear him get it out. Also, people like him would have lighters on him, most people who smoke would.

Also how the sister finds the napkin by throwing everything over to have it revealed by a book toppling. Themes of destruction as solution

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that bothered me too

Ridiculous that you can call the ending 'horrendous.' That's a huge overstatement.

Ya know I was thinking her living after being shot was a weird thing. It didnt feel right and felt a lot like obvious plot armour.

I couldn't agree more. not only the burning of the napkin so absurd but also Helen not recording all the conversation like when she threw a recorder in Byrdie's bag. She could've recorded Miles admitting to all the crimes he did.Benoit being so smart did not have any plan B?

@natnuss98

Жыл бұрын

That upset me to! Like it obviously worked before. And Birdie is just about as dense as Miles. ... They used this, established it as a possible Chekhov's gun (as well as the Fax that could have also been used to secure the evidence).... And then... Didn't? That's infuriatingly dumb, especially with all the clever writing that were present in the first 3/4 of the film.

@michdcruz18

Жыл бұрын

@@natnuss98 Right? There are thousands of ways they could've ended it or twisted the story in a brilliant way, but chose the dumbest way as if they got tired of thinking midway of writing the story and just wanted to get it done with. lol

Great video dude really enjoyed it👍

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

The lighter was massively set-up. My big problem is that they set-up the cool recurring moment of the Mona Lisa protection barriers coming up and we should have seen that happen before we saw the napkin on fire.

I like the napkin scene because miles got the idea to burn it from someone else moments earlier . Just showing his lack of originality

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I do love that aspect of it! It’s just the execution and fact that Monae stands there with it that is bizarre

Basically, I agree with everything that you said. Glass onion absolutely tails-off poorly near the end, but it's fun in a lot of ways. And I absolutely love Knives Out. I think it'll be one of my favorite movies for the rest of my life.

Finally, a video about Glass Onion that gets to the point and speaks about that painfully butchered ending!

It wasn’t the layers that made me doubt the obvious, it was the fact that I couldn’t half believe the most famous actor’s character did it again. And I gave up on realism with the twin substitution. But it was fun.

I like this video, though after the first 15 minutes of glass onion I still could tell the plot pretty easy

I think it’s funny that you someone managed to correctly analyze the movie up to a point and then someone totally lost the plot. The lighter is shown about an hour before it’s used, when Bron is demonstrating the security system on the Mona Lisa. Then, Helen walks toward him to confront him, giving him the opportunity to burn it. He was always going to destroy the napkin, because Miles Bron was never going to be defeated by the system he and all of his friends thrive in. They call themselves disrupters, claiming to change the system, but they *are* the system, and Helen is the only true disruption to that system in the movie, disrupting everything by burning a priceless piece of art that that system values as “the most famous painting in history”. That’s disruption: changing things irrevocably, not caring what others say. That’s the point of the movie: it’s villain and his friends function by thriving within our society and its system, so to defeat them, you have to start setting things on fire and destroying what that system holds dear.

I completely agree with the napkin scene being unforgivable.

What bothered me more was the glass breaking! Why? What purpose did it serve?

@lusandantintili8668

Жыл бұрын

Helen was disrupting, were Miles pretends to disrupt but actually benefits from the status quo. I interpreted it as a thematic purpose

After the burning napkin i was waiting for a twist. That andi tricked him into burning it. That the scene was streamed live. That it was a copy. That breaking the glass objects reveals something. But no - she just trashes the place, triggers a huge explosion that magically causes no harm to anybody?!??? And then just leaves. It was so unsatisfactory. Having the shitfriends finally become "good" doesn't feel like a redemption, but like an angry tantrum aimed at miles. Andi is still alive somehow, but was unable to get back what was rightfully her sister's (and is now hers). While all this film we felt their broken heart from being betrayed by everybody, she remains in a place of injustice. The film was kinda fun, but very strange and ultimately with an disappointing end.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. Well said

Actually Edward Norton does reach back for the lighter, just before burning the napkin, you can see his right shoulder go back as he reaches for his back pocket.

The entire time she was showing Miles the napkin my only thought was “don’t get to close, keep it away from him, you’re way to close” And then it was ashes lol

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yup me too😂

I don't think the explosion was out of place. I think it was on the nose, but in a great way. In the pool lionel and claire, they talk about how it could blow up like the hindenburg. And it did.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah great point. Thematically it works. Just execution wise it felt a bit off to me. Overall I actually really enjoy the film!

I really enjoyed glass onion, but I liked knives out even more. I’m a new subscriber and I’m really liking your videos so far, keep them coming.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate this so much! Thank you

He had the lighter from back when he gave the demonstration of the Mona Lisa's security panel that goes up whenever danger is near. In that same scene in which he burns the napkin, Lionel says the following: "And after all that you... you still kept the envelope? You didn't burn it or anything?" This piece of dialogue is exactly what gives Miles the idea to use the lighter from earlier to burn the napkin. This also alludes to Mile's scheme from before, when he steals it from Blanc's "It's like putting a loaded gun on the table and turning off the lights!" I agree that it was an infuriating scene, but in the end, it all leads back to Miles being an idiot and screwing everything up. Miles abuses his influence over the others to do what he wants, but in the end, he gets what he deserves when his mansion and the Mona Lisa go up in flames.

Your comments about that scene with the napkin got me thinking about characters’ motivations and what makes endings ‘happy’ or satisfactory. If Andi had been able to hold onto the napkin, then she could have proven in court that the original idea for Alpha was hers, and that Miles (and all of the others) had lied in the first trial. Only, that’s not Andi - it’s Helen, and her motivation in this isn’t to regain control of the company (which was never hers); it’s to vindicate her sister and punish her killer. This she accomplishes, and in an even more spectacular fashion than a court case could ever have been - Miles is well and truly ruined after the ‘Klear’ fire and the destruction of the Mona Lisa. If Helen had been able to hold onto the napkin, she could have proven that the others had perjured themselves, and won a rather narrow victory. But now, with the only real evidence destroyed, each of those other characters gets to make that loyalty choice again, and this time they choose to support Andi. “I saw it” each says in turn, and now rather than being potential defendants in a perjury trial, they have a chance to be on the right side; a chance at ‘Redemption’, if you’ll allow the word. Thus Helen accomplishes her goal of revenge; but perhaps more important than simple vengeance or defending Andi’s reputation, this ending restores her original friendships, gives those friends a chance to clear their consciences - and leaves Miles with no-one.

You crack me up!!

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

I can't for the life of me remember what video it was but another KZreadr pointed out you can actually hear the "click" as Miles pulls the lighter out and gets it ready.

So I found your videos from your prior video and asked what you thought of Glass Onion...and found this one. Thanks for the DETAILED response :)

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Hahahhaha awesome! I just replied to yah!

@sdcwarzone

Жыл бұрын

@@REKRAP17 I saw that haha

I think that the climax was a nice juxtaposition to the main storyline whilst also being a nice release of tension that had been built throughout the movie, and demonstrated the meaninglessness of the layers that the characters went tyhrough so much to unravel

I was invested until the twin reveal, that killed it for me. No twins are that identical that close friends wouldn’t notice. It just got silly and downhill from there. And yes, the napkin getting burned was also really stupid. So was Miles being able to take the gun out of the holster without the guy noticing.

I loved knives out better, but I loved this one, too. She was looking at his eyes, not his hand. Both are definitely rewatchable.

Why is it that everyone making these "The Problem With Glass Onion" videos seems to have only seen the movie once?

Regarding Helen's not expecting Miles to burn the napkin... I took it as her assuming (as I did), that if Miles was going to burn the napkin, he would have done it before. Which is itself an interesting commentary on how we often give the super-rich more credit for intelligence than they deserve, even after we've learned better, and how this can be a fatal flaw on our parts. (The truth is that it simply never occurred to Miles that he should burn the napkin until Lionel said it.)

I agree with your comments on the napkin scene. lit up pretty quick from a distance. I liked the movie and the cast. Thx for another great review!

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

In the movie you can hear him get the lighter after Lionel asks him why he didn't burn the napkin

I liked this movie almost as much as the first, the napkin thing was strange but I accepted it easily the first time watching..

Totally true. Was liking the movie a lot up to this point. When this happened I had to stop the movie and go back to see that I didnt missunderstand anything. Like, seriously, she just let him burn it like that!? THE FUCK!? The movie fucking slipped at the finish line hard. Such convinient bullshit. From hero to zero in the last 20 minutes. Such a shame.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Hero to zero is so true man! Totally agree

I think I probably would've enjoyed the movie better if I had seen it in theaters where I couldn't rewind. The whole sequence of Ed Norton getting up, getting the drink, telling everyone to look at Kate Hudson and then handing his drink to Dave Bautista just seemed so strange to me that it really stuck in my memory. Then, when Ed noticed the glass and they showed that "flashback", since it didn't match my memory, I rewound to doublecheck, which confirmed for me that Ed had intentionally given Dave the drink. So then, for the entire movie, I was really unclear as to where they were going with the whole thing (and, of course, every new layer didn't do anything to complicate the mystery). And then, the execution of the climax just felt so off to me. I didn't notice Ed teleporting, but I was so flabbergasted as to how no one else saw the napkin. And then the glass-smashing sequence went on for way too long. And then the whole thing that they kept foreshadowing with the highly sensitive glass case protecting the Mona Lisa just didn't end up adding anything to the movie. It all just felt so... deeply... unsatisfying. And the fact that it was the sequel to such a wonderfully complicated mystery movie was just really disappointing. I think the over concept of the glass onion was pretty cool, but man, I think the execution just didn't do it justice. (Of course, if I hadn't been able to rewind and confirm my suspicions, who knows? Maybe I would've enjoyed it better.)

"The one piece of evidence that can prove..." The point being the truth that stares everyone in the face wouldn't have mattered. The "disruptors", the media, and the legal system would all instinctively and actively find ways to back "Mr Genius"

I agree, I hated this scene, why wouldn't she hide the napkin and get off the island?

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I wonder

Since when do you get super powers from drinking alcohol ???

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I always seem to

Fun fact about hydrogen being so dangerous is that in fact, even though it's smaller molecule, it leaks about as much as natural gas which we use to heat homes. The difference is that hydrogen quickly leaves buildings while heavier methane builds up. It means, that hydrogen is actually safer than natural gas, we don't use it because it's more expensive. It's also used as rocket fuel (including in the Apollo - with people on board). So the entire premise of the movie is wrong. A week after the events in the film, this guy's company will announce that they have this wonderful fuel and you just need to remember to add a vent to make it safe. Btw. Nobody has seen where the napkin came from or what was on it, so the fact that everyone is willing to testify in the end means nothing. They simply haven't seen if it was the original, nor would they be able to recognise it.

I thought it was autobiographical and a confession. The whole movie is about Rian Johnson and his tragic love affair with himself.

@marcdraco2189

Жыл бұрын

Badum - tissss! :)

The scene you refer to is just one of many things in this movie that are stupid. Despite this, I was still happy to enjoy it as a silly, entertaining bit of fluff - sometimes that’s enough.

I actually thoroughly enjoyed the movie up to that last scene too, but for different reasons (see my comment below). Also, when Helen first met with Blanc telling her story, I immediately thought of the possibility that she was actually Andi pretending to be Helen (for whatever reason), because she kind of overacted the part a bit too much. And so I half expected a fun twist at the end where that's revealed, it being that type of movie and all. And Knives out actually had a twist reveal at the end, which was cool, so this one not really having any major end twist also disappointed me.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I hear you

My issue with the movie was the played out twin trope, that’s about it

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t mind the twin trope, but definitely understand it won’t work for all

I think this is a simple case of “if I was in that situation” with hindsight being 20/20. Truth is, we don’t know what we would have done or reacted in a situation like that because we’ve never been put in a situation like that. Especially if we’re just a pleb and not trained on how to react to situations similar 😂 but that’s just my two cents

I loved the ending. We knew at that moment what was at the centre of the glass onion it was Mona Lisa. We only had to peal one layer to win.

I really liked Glass Onion. But the rewatchability is low on this one. It’s fun, well paced and a good little watch for the holidays. Not as well thought out or as original as the first though. Bit too obvious of a villain, which detracts from the film for me personally.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I second this! Well said

Context-wise, the ending did fit. Miles becomes a true disruptor by destroying the Mcguffin-Napkin, and Andi responded by disrupting his house. The problem is, that it's too BadAss for its own good. This was supposed to be a mystery movie, and the ending could have happened 15 minutes after the movie started, or even earlier. The first KO movie had a smart ending, but this went the Die Hard route because it was out of ideas.

I was expecting an in-depth criticism of the movie. Not what I got from this video.

This is a good review!

I wouldn't say it was a horrendous scene, or even any worse than in Knives Out when Fran inexplicably goes to meet someone she doesn't trust and thinks is a murderer *by herself* in a secluded warehouse, or whatever that place was, (which could have easily been got around with a bit of effort). Don't see a difference. Also, I thought she was close to begin with (otherwise Miles wouldn't have been able to see it!). Remember, she wanted him to see the Glass Onion logo on the small napkin. Also, I have no problem at all with the climax. Looked fine to my eye, and I like that it was very different (more of an action climax) than Knives Out. It was a very different setting and plot structure. Thought it was excellent. Both that scene and the Fran scene from Knives weren't ideal, but I'd hardly say they came close to ruining the movies. I think at some point Johnson, as lot's of writers do, says okay the flow of the story is more important than getting the exact actions to all make complete sense.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

That scene bugged me so much in the original Knives Out too! That’s fair enough though

Craig's speech aboot how dumb this all was was the only thing that validated how stupid this film made me feel. It insulted my intelligence, tried to backtrack to explain its stupidity, and even had a not so subtle rant from Ed Norton aboot disruption that was obviously a remark from Johnson on how and why he dismantled Luke Skywalker and Star Wars

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that speech does wonders for the film. I just felt like Monae’s character was the one outside of that group and wouldn’t do something like this. But, I guess it goes for the whole film 😂

Personally, I dislike how the flash back was like 20 minutes long

@REKRAP17

5 ай бұрын

Same

Helen was smart the whole time until the napkin scene

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it threw me off😅

Had Miles somehow shot a razor beam to destroy the paper, it would have been a master play.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Would have been so good

The whole time she was holding out the napkin, my husband and I were screaming for her to put it away! While it was established earlier that he had that lighter... Now that you mention it, how could she not react appropriately while his hand is moving toward her? Like I guess she was impassioned and such, but damn. However, it has to be destroyed for the conclusion to happen. Which I loved! Ben tells her that there's nothing he can do through the system, so she revolts! She may not be changing THE system (although she may be considering how much power some of these people have), but she has broken this groups system. Good stuff. I think I liked the vibe and aesthetic of the first one more, but really loved the thesis and how we got there in Glass Onion.

The bad guy didn't have an iPhone, but he had an iPad.

That scene bothered me too. It always bugs me in movies/other media when a character either fakes out the antagonist or has an incriminating piece of evidence that they then reveal/gloat about right in front of whoever they were trying to expose? I feel like most of the time it’s for a dramatic moment, like an “I caught you” sort of a thing, but now they’re just gonna be after whatever you have and your evidence will be gone. Save the gloating for when the evidence is seen by whoever needs to see it. Oops that was kind of a long comment, but this trope bugs me lol

@mourningdove888

Жыл бұрын

No literally !!!! I can’t stand it when it gets destroyed it makes it feel like it was for nothinggg. I was screaming in my head - PUT IT DOWNNN stop waving it around !! Like they could have just had him get it first and destroy it in front of her instead of the frustrating moment

@Nerdgirl9820

Жыл бұрын

@@mourningdove888 yeah, it really sucks. I also thought that, since the evidence is so important, they could’ve taken a picture of it?? Just as a precaution?? Sure, it wouldn’t be as good as having the real thing, but it’s better than nothing

@bryce9025

Жыл бұрын

It sucks but it represents the idea that it wouldn't have mattered anyways. That napkin represents years in court going "He said, she said" It would be trying to fight him in the system he owns. Him burning that piece of paper is the least original way he could have fought the accusation

@bwv668

Жыл бұрын

That right there was my main problem too. To be honest I thought at first that the red envelope itself would turn out to contain a blank piece of paper (like in Knives Out, but without the invisible writing) and the real thing would be hidden away.

@bryce9025

Жыл бұрын

@@bwv668 that would be too clever! It would defeat the theme of "Rich people aren't as smart as they want you to think they are"

You know it's sad but true!

I had issue with that one part too. But without knowing WHAT EXACTLY got cut .... hard to say, would be awesome to get Ed Norton quickly move use slight of hand grab the lighter from somewhere and POOF napkin aflame before even Benoit knew what happened. If anything I always saw Miles as someone who used slight of hand to impress people and to draw them into his world and to hid his idiocy

For me it was everything that happened after the lighter scene. A: Breaking of the glass sculptures had 0 purpose in the great scheme of things if I am not mistaken. Miles couldn't have given a bigger duck about it, it didn't help set up the explosion and it made her seem like a petulant child. Maybe it gave a bit of confidence to the rest of the group? Dunno. B: Andi has 0 ducking clue about how big an explosion the fossil fuel is gonna make or how the fossil fuel reacts or if its even triggered by fire. ( Sure the chemical compound sure is flammable but I don't think we ever got an explanation of how it works and in the movie that supposed to be clever I am not tolerating this MARVEL logic). C: Blanc casually enjoying and not looking into the explosion while there were several smaller explosions going on around the island. He couldn't have known where the explosion are going to go off and he sure as duck wouldn't be this calm about his safety or the safety of Andi. D: Andi casually running through sht ton of broken glass that has been shown to make people trip like clowns on ice. E: Freaking burning a masterpiece to hurt/ frame a douchebag murdered...not clever, not worth it. ( Debatable for some, not for me) F: Freaking claiming he is gonna get in trouble for burning the original Mona Lisa and fossil fuel debacle. Like yeah, it would be harder to cover up but it is the same as with the napkin. Who really knows what happens on the island. Miles is still a rich guy who can spin this. Less plausible, but still. Bonus point that I went with: Bullet stopping journal was amazingly placed right where the bullet. In 2022 and in this clever of a film? Weak, Ryan. Weak. The movie wasn't bad at all. There is clever stuff and great performances but god damn I ain't watching it again anytime soon. Maybe there is an explanation for all of this that I would be glad to hear about but the first time watching emotions were sour.

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

I feel you

He had a lighter on him so that he could show people how sensitive the security was

0:52 what does he mean here? what was the spoiler from the iPhone use?

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Apple has a rule where villains/bad guys cannot use Apple products in movies. So watching closely in the first Knives Out you can spot who is using an Android

Yeah, everything is just 10/10 but the ending. It really wasn't satisfying as the first movie, the move to burn the evidence make sense for the villain, but the dude killed two people, so maybe he could have ended with the company but in jail. And then the main character actually comitting arson?

@REKRAP17

Жыл бұрын

Totally feel you

I understand why the movie had to end the way it did, but yeah, this one bit didn't make much sense to me. We already know Helen is not an idiot, and she's on an island with a man who has already killed someone, tried to kill her and has motives to try again and a bunch of shitheads who won't raise a finger to protect her (and Blanc, but they're still outnumbered). Like, girl, hide away and wait for the authorities. And I honestly feel it would've been more satisfying if she won by using hard evidence. Still enjoyed it though.

@valentinasalazartena9809

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. She's risking her life and it does not match her character for her to be so reckless. Originally she was even scared to go to the island and intended on sending Blanc on his own. After finding it she should have been hiding waiting for the authorities to get her out of there safely. I understand the story needed a more explosive ending. But there are so many ways she could have lost the evidence without making her (and Blanc) look like idiots.

I would claim that even if that lighter was not setup, it was still important. You see, the difference between a good coincidence and a bad coincidence is the former sets the story up while the latter is used to end it. The lighter would have been a bad tool if the story has just abruptly ended. It didn't, in fact I would argue it made the story better because this caused the real disrupter to smash the house (or shall we say, the system) and the entire façade to rubble. If the napkin had never been burned and rather there was a cutscene in a court where the shitheads get what they deserve, I would have not liked that end. The napkin burning was what really pushed the story to it's ultimate great end.